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Defining and Characterizing the Landscape of E-Health

Defining and Characterizing the Landscape of E-Health

Yvonne O'Connor, Ciara Heavin
Copyright: © 2019 |Pages: 14
ISBN13: 9781522574897|ISBN10: 1522574891|EISBN13: 9781522574903
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-7489-7.ch030
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O'Connor, Yvonne, and Ciara Heavin. "Defining and Characterizing the Landscape of E-Health." Advanced Methodologies and Technologies in Medicine and Healthcare, edited by Mehdi Khosrow-Pour, D.B.A., IGI Global, 2019, pp. 377-390. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-7489-7.ch030

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O'Connor, Y. & Heavin, C. (2019). Defining and Characterizing the Landscape of E-Health. In M. Khosrow-Pour, D.B.A. (Ed.), Advanced Methodologies and Technologies in Medicine and Healthcare (pp. 377-390). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-7489-7.ch030

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O'Connor, Yvonne, and Ciara Heavin. "Defining and Characterizing the Landscape of E-Health." In Advanced Methodologies and Technologies in Medicine and Healthcare, edited by Mehdi Khosrow-Pour, D.B.A., 377-390. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2019. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-7489-7.ch030

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Abstract

There has been a surge of electronic health (e-health) technologies encompassing a range of services available to various stakeholders within the healthcare system in both developed and developing countries. As technology has evolved, the features and functionalities offered by e-health technologies have grown dramatically, leading to a proliferation of advanced technical solutions. As a result of this increased focus, various definitions for what constitutes the term e-health have emerged in the literature. This lack of consensus is further inhibited by a dearth of research documenting the characteristics (i.e., features and functionalities) of such e-health technologies. The authors propose to define and characterize the landscape of e-health technologies from an information systems (IS) perspective in this chapter. By examining existing literature and reviewing the market place, this study reveals that there is a need to integrate the various features and functions of e-health technologies, thereby arguing that integration and interoperability is important for the growth of e-health.

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